CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,810

Across

1 Note job’s somewhere underground, reportedly (10)

6 Lock up mature Conservative first (4)

9 Nurse about to enter vehicle (5)

10 Imagined meal irked criminal (9)

12 Impossible to feel limber with piece rewritten about gym (13)

14 Sport news: genuine backing for person coming second (6-2)

15 Keen artist recalled depression (6)

17 Kidnap sailor on canal (6) 19 More rum for foreigner (8) 21 Prisoner stupid to maintain corruption (13)

24 Flabbergasted getting a direction to join scrum (9)

25 Somebody bad at bridge … and online? (5)

26 Unhappy about new beach (4)

27 Write down rubbish ape recited (10)

Down

1 Fairy that’s seen on the ice? (4)

2 The Queen and bishop overwhelmed by Welsh girl’s language (7)

3 Quarrel over French sea shanty? One’s dealing with rubbish (5,8)

4 Weapon used in trap with fine result? (5,3)

5 Part in epic shot by European (5)

7 Pleasant stroll around Iowa (7) 8 Simple copper perhaps uncovered nark before Yard (10)

11 Mercenary friend runs deli, ultimately, with celebrity in charge (13)

13 Struggling actors get to keep ace clothes (10)

16 One criticising tat played by famous clarinettist? (8) 18 Waste long time in prison (7) 20 Try an old broken boat (7) 22 Hip operation that’s not free (2,3)

23 Tip-off that might lead to squares being populated? (4)